Friday, 15 July 2016

Because The're Young - Duane Eddy (Part II)

To continue the Young Birds Theme,
from the various Ponds around the Recording Area

"There once was an ugly Duckling with feathers all stubbly and brown

and all the birds in so many words

said quack get out of town",
but soon the lucky few will be saying

"I am a (MUTE) SWAN Wheeee"!

CANADA GOOSE GOSLING
and

MALLARD DUCKLINGS
Meanwhile in the more arid (when it stops raining) areas the

LITTLE RINGED PLOVER
(despite abandonment of the first nest found in the Solar Panel Compound)

have had their most successful year to date with a considered
10 or more fledged young.

By comparison

LAPWING
have been less productive than in previous seasons mainly
due to the fact that not so many adults returned this year.
However, the story is far more bleak from the Heath
where the situation can be adequately described in a single wordDISASTER The records show that that only a single adult Dartford Warbler was 'heard only' throughoutthe course of June, and to date NONE have been recorded at all since then. Add to that the total absence of Woodlark, c3 sightings of Hobby and a lone'pair' of nesting Meadow Pipit it has been left very much to the humble

STONECHAT

to make up the numbers.

There again, counts of fledged young have not been record breaking

hardly broaching double figures.

and before you say anything we know we said 'another 'Baker's Dozen'
images/clips but the extra one is for 'good attendance'!

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Born Beeston, Notts 1946, my family moved to Dorset 1959. Joined the Royal Navy age 15 years and 50 days serving 10 years. In frigates firstly then over 5 years in Submarines as a Seaman/Diver, reaching the dizzy heights of Leading Seaman before leaving to join the Merchant Service, working in Ocean Salvage and Harbour Tugs, passenger / cargo ships, trials vessels, etc. Qualified as Mate (Chief Officer) in 1976 and as Master (Captain) in 1978. For my final 20 years of 47 I worked in the Offshore Oil Industry initially on the drilling rig Stena Hunter, then the accommodation barge Borgland Dolphin and finally the Floating Production Platform Buchan Alpha. On the rigs I forged a number of long lasting friendships several of whom shared some of my extensive travels. Setting foot on Caymen, Bermuda, Bahamas and The Azores in March 2013 brought my countries total to 147. The best, undoubtedly, was Antarctica, followed by Australia, Mongolia, Belize, Zimbabwe, China and Madagascar, in no particular order. As for my greatest achievement in life, my 2 beautiful daughters bear witness to that. Love to all our readers, your in my thoughts. Bagsy